Operating Systems

Operating Systems: A Modern Perspective also covers modern topics such as threads, concurrency, and distributed systems. It addresses both quantitative and qualitative theory, but is not overly mathematically sophisticated. It is an ideal text for professors who are interested in introducing students to core operating system concepts by providing a code-level view of popular real-world operating systems, namely Linux/UNIX and Windows NT.

Features

• Strikes the appropriate balance between principles and practice by presenting the classic introductory operating system concepts alongside implementations of these concepts in the form of real-world examples.
  
• NEW! Now features Lab Exercises which allow students to gain hands on experience with the details of how to use Linux/UNIX; these extended projects reinforce principles learned in lecture, and are at the end of Chs. 2, 6, 9 & 15.
  
• NEW! Coverage of Windows NT: the book provides comparative NT examples and discussion where appropriate (e.g., threads, virtual memory).
  
• NEW! Expanded treatment of threads: new Ch. 6 provides enhanced thread presentation (Linux pthreads) and discusses how threads are used in NT.
  
• NEW! Includes a new design that distinguishes conceptual material, discussed in the main flow of the text, from practice material, discussed in the In the Hangar and Performance Tuning sidebars.

Table of contents

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Using the Operating System
Chapter 3: Operating Systems Organization
Chapter 4: Computer Organization
Chapter 5: Device Management
Chapter 6: Process Management
Chapter 7: Scheduling
Chapter 8: Basic Synchronization Principles
Chapter 9: High-level Synchronization
Chapter 10: Deadlock
Chapter 11: Memory Management
Chapter 12: Virtual Memory
Chapter 13: File Management
Chapter 14: Protection and Security
Chapter 15: Networks
Chapter 16: Remote Files
Chapter 17: Distributed Computing
Chapter 18: Strategies and Examples
Glossary
Bibliography
Index